| 100% | NEEDS | 5 | Wants and necessary things to a person |
| 49% | INCH | 4 | Bad thing to give a greedy person |
| 49% | ODE | 3 | Poet's tribute to a person or thing |
| 49% | ODE | 3 | Poem, usually addressed to a person or thing |
| 48% | AGOAL | 5 | "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to ___, not to people or things." - Albert Einstein |
| 48% | NOUN | 4 | Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |
| 47% | MEMBER | 6 | A person or thing belonging to a group |
| 47% | THREAT | 6 | A person or thing likely to cause damage |
| 47% | ANALOGUE | 8 | A person or thing seen as comparable to another |
| 46% | CAPTURE | 7 | To finally find a wanted person |
| 45% | PASSERBY | 8 | A person who happens to go past a person or thing |
| 45% | INSULT | 6 | Mean thing to say to a person |
| 45% | RUT | 3 | Pattern that a person might want to break out of |
| 45% | ITCH | 4 | Annoying thing to address while wearing a snowsuit and gloves |
| 44% | SHOTGUN | 7 | I call __ says a person who wants to ride up front |
| 44% | ORACLEOFDELI | 12 | Person to consult when you want a good sandwich? |
| 44% | OPTICS | 6 | How things look to a PR person |
| 44% | LOYALTY | 7 | Staying true to people, places and things |
| 43% | SPA | 3 | A place that people go to relax and get massages |
| 42% | PITBULL | 7 | Iglesias and he want people to Move to Miami |
| 42% | AEROSMITH | 9 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" band |
| 42% | MANHANDLE | 9 | To roughly push and shove a person |
| 42% | BARNONE | 7 | To a person |
| 42% | HAVEABEER | 9 | What people want to do with a likable candidate, supposedly |
| 41% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might want to get at the beach |
| 41% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 41% | ENTOURAGE | 9 | People supporting and attending to a celeb |
| 41% | VIEIRA | 6 | Meredith of the "Today" show and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 41% | INNKEEPER | 9 | Accommodating person? ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 41% | HELEN | 5 | ___ Keller, first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts |